Jim V 3.0

I recently was thinking of a different much darker ending to Psychic Drama. The process of making Psychic Drama was such a long one, I had practically finished it and then decided it was going all wrong so I ended up restarting it. Looking back at the original version I kind of enjoy how blood thirsty it was where as the version that is up on my website is a much more talky version. I think the happy medium was probably somewhere in the middle. Anyhow, I ain't doing that comic a third time. The ending I was thinking about features a much bleaker future for Jim where he is no longer deemed fit to be allowed out in society and is just the focus of on-going testing, kind of like the esper-kids in Akira except with more exposed brains.

Anyhoo, here is a water colour for you all. It was kind of inspired by the print ads for the "Fall of the Mutants" X-Men storyline that can be found in all Marvel comics from that era.

Tuff Stuff

Hey everybody! I have been pretty busy around these parts working on all sorts of fun stuff. A few weeks ago I did the 24 hour comic challenge with my buddy Steve Sloan. For the last few years I have been approaching the 24 hour comic challenge differently. I like to now just work on a comic when I am there at a normal pace for as long as possible making work that I am happy with instead of rushing out a piece of poop. That was how I started Don River and Sassy Mavericks. By the time I finish end up going back and reworking entire pages but I find it productive to work on something I will be happy with rather than something I just crank out. Anyhow, at the end of the night I think we both came up with some pretty fun work.
Also I plugging away at a second Astro Jaq story for friendly Phil McClorey. This one is going to be going into our forthcoming Monster anthology that we will be releasing at next years Fan Expo. The talent we have put together for this next book is looking really good. I am very excited to see what the complete book looks like because the pedigree is very strong.
On top of that I am still slowly slogging away at the structure for my big book. I have a ton of sketches and concepts done but the writing is seriously dragging. I think at this point the plan is to have a new mini out for TCAF and then hopefully I can have the longer book ready for the following year. Anyhoo....Hope you are all doing well. I will be back prolly in a couple of weeks with my year in review blog post. I have read some good comics this year and have some opinions to share.
Oh and I hope you like this water colour. Did this last night, bought some new water colours. This character may be in my new mini..

Stadium Comics Signing

Stadium Comics hosted me and a whole bunch of other awesome artists last weekend. Met some nice people and drew some fun ol' drawings. Thought I would post some of the results here. Drew a whole bunch of superheroes! I broke out some of my ol' favs. Cyclops in the classic X-Factor costume was inspired by Cykes' recent murder of Prof X! What was that all about? Lame Marvel. Magneto! My fav villain from my childhood. This pose was a from memory homage to Jim Lees opening two page spread from X Men #1 (the best selling comic book of all time.), looking it up now, I see I did not quite get it right.. Hulk! I only had two ink colours with me, red and blue. I was so confused about what to do, then Phil told me that Hulk is red now! Perfect! The Superman was my first drawing, he is flying through space! That's cool!
Anyhow, good times. Thanks to Stadium, all the people who stopped by and all my brothers and sisters on the front lines of the funny books!

Total Victory

This is an example of a mock up I do before going to the print shop to do a new screenprint. So this one is about the victory of the Quebec Student Union over the evil Liberal Government led by Jean Charest. I will post photos of the finished print next week and we can see how close to this we get. In comics news I have a signing this Saturday at Stadium Comics in Brampton. Plenty of other super talented folks will be there like, Phil McClorey, Adam Gorham, Fred Kennedy and various others. Please come on by and check it out! I think it should be a lot of fun!

Sassy Mavericks!

New Cover to Sassy Mavericks! This is printed as a silkscreen, two layers. The interiors also have been tweaked. This is the ultimate version of this book and the one that will be kept in print from now on. I am very happy to have this version out. Space Cops featured a bunch of problems that I am really happy I was able to iron out. Also did some tweaks to Don River. I am quite pleased with how it has all turned out!

September, where did you go?

Man, almost missed my Sept. update. Sorry guys. As you can see, I am still drawing. Since I last checked in there has been Fanexpo and Word on the Street. They were both awesome shows. Thanks to all who stopped by! I sold out of the first printing of Sassy Mavericks and the umpteenth printing of Don River. There are plans for a revised cover for the next printing of Sassy Mavericks and a silk screened cover for Fight Song. Here have some drawings!

Fan Expo

Hey Dudes, FanExpo is just around the corner. In fact it starts on Thursday which is literally two sleeps away if you are on a standard sleep sched. I will be at table A167 alongside the Invincible Phil McClorey. We bot got a couple new things that will be coming out. The above image is a cover to a mini that is a sampler for an anthology that I believe will be coming out at some point. That is very confusing. What it is for sure though is awesome. The mini is called Action Adventure Comics. It contains that blistering cover above which I did, a seven page comic by myself and self friend Phil McClorey (that you can see the first page process of in the post below) and a 10 or 12 page comic by Marvin Law and the industrious Phil McClorey. So that will be available. Additionally this convention will mark the official release of Horror in the West! This excellent anthology contains a seven or eight page comic by myself and spider monkey advocate AG Pasquella along with many other awesome stories sure to chill and terrify. Other than those two awesome books I will also have my usual array of excellent minis including Sassy Mavericks, Fight Song, Don River and Lucy Legacy so be sure to swing by and pick em up!

Astro Jaq Process

This is an example of my process. The page featured here is the first from from a short story I have that will be coming out at FanExpo written by the indomitable Friendly Phil McClorey. It is not the only thing debuting as I will also have a short story in the Horror in the West anthology that is being published by Alterna Press. Anyhow, lots of new stuff this year at Fan Expo and all the older stuff as well. Swing on by!

The future is now!

Hi everybody! Well that terrible thing that I always knew would eventually happen, well, it happened. I have run out of comics to put up on my website. That is not to say I don't have more comics in the can, because I do, but I have developed a personal rule that prevents it. This personal rule states that anything I put up online I have already put into print. So with that in mind I am at loggerheads as to what to do with my website. It has been clear to me since the beginning that my website sucks. There are many design problems and it is not easily navigable. These are things I plan on fixing. While doing this I want to continue to put up new content. Seeing as the next thing I have that will be released in print is not until FanExpo, I need to come up with something to fill in that time. I have developed a new idea that I am excited to get going on. It will update once a week to start, hopefully I can build a buffer and make the updates more regular. This comic is designed for the web first so I am thinking it will be a bit different from my other books. Anyhow, I guess I shouldn't talk to much before I know exactly what it will look like. I am planning on having the first page up within two weeks. I will announce more here before then! Stick around true believers. I got more comics in me yet. Above are some sketches. One of the pages is of a character I helped create alongside Friendly Phil McClorey. The other page is just random doodles. I hope you guys like em! Talk soon!

Coupla Drawrings.

HEYO! Hope you're all still reading Sassy Mavericks over at my website! It is awesome!